EastEnders’
Ben Mitchell is set to falsely accuse Christian Clarke of inappropriately touching him in a shock new plot.

Ben Mitchell is to accuse Christian Clarke of toughing him (Picture: BBC)

The sexually confused teen â who is portrayed by Joshua Pascoe â will invite the gay personal trainer to watch a DVD with him, but he misreads the signals given off by Christian (John Partridge), who is too tied up with his complicated relationship with Syed (Marc Elliott) to notice Ben’s intentions.

Christian rejects his advances but Ben tells evil doctor Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti) â who spots him running through the street after becoming embarrassed at the being rejected â that Christian has molested him.

The news soon reaches others in the Square, which leads to Ben’s dad Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) confronting Christian and receiving a punch in the face for his troubles.

According to The Sun newspaper, Ben eventually comes clean about his dishonesty, but the whole episode has had a negative effect on Christian’s relationship with Syed, who is angry he wasn’t told about Ben’s advances.

Following the argument, the trainer flees Walford because he cannot cope with the lack of trust between the pair.

He is expected to return later in the year, but in the meantime Syed’s wife Amira (Preeya Kalidas) tries to make her way back into his life.